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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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JOHNSTONOTITE. Geol. A variety of the garnet andradite (1900 Proc. Royal Soc. Tasmania 74).
[Called by Macleod and White after Robert M. Johnston of Rossshire (1845–1918), an authority on the geology of Tasmania.]
